Scrabble and Words with Friends

• POUND is a valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• POUND is a valid Words with Friends word worth 10 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• POUND is a 5 letter word containing the letters d, n, o, p, u.

Definitions

• pound

  noun 16 ounces avoirdupois
  he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds

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• pound

  noun the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

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• pound

  noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

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• pound

  noun the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

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• pound

  noun the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

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• pound

  noun the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

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• pound

  noun formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

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• pound

  noun the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

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• pound

  noun the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

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• pound

  noun a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

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• Pound

  noun United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

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• pound

  noun a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

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• pound

  noun a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
  unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound

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• pound

  noun the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
  the pounding of feet on the hallway

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• pound

  verb hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
  the salesman pounded the door knocker

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• pound

  verb strike or drive against with a heavy impact
  pound on the door

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• pound

  verb move heavily or clumsily

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• pound

  verb move rhythmically

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• pound

  verb partition off into compartments
  The locks pound the water of the canal

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• pound

  verb shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
  The prisoners are safely pounded

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• pound

  verb place or shut up in a pound
  pound the cows so they don't stray

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• pound

  verb break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
  pound the roots with a heavy flat stone

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• Lookup POUND using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'pound'

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